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‘Tell me to my face’: Women veterans react to Trump Defense pick’s disparaging comments
  • The tests for a given job in the military are legally required to be gender and age neutral. This silly dink is lying. As it says in the article:

    The basic physical fitness tests differ across military services and are typically adjusted by age and gender.

    “These are basically just to see if this person is fit to be in the military, whether they’re a heart surgeon or a Catholic chaplain or a combat person,” Manning said. “But for every single job in the military, there’s also a set of occupational standards that have to be met. And the law says that they must be gender and age neutral.”

  • Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show
  • Corporations always get in the mindset of, "Rake in the profits now and well deal with the consequences later." When the consequences are decades away, it never really becomes later to them. They just focus on the profits.

  • MAGA influencer Nick Fuentes accused of assaulting woman outside his home
  • Rose said online that she told an officer she’d been assaulted and the cop said, “Well, you went to his door.”

    Clearly the rule of law is dead now.

    “Nobody should be turning up at any bodies [sic] house uninvited,” Tate posted Monday. “Harassment.”

    These idiots somehow think that assaulting and robbing someone who rings their doorbell is the appropriate thing to do.

    The alt-right reaction is never the right reaction.

  • Democrats Will Win Again Once the Economy Tanks
  • I'm not sure that's true. Deregulation will certainly boost corporate profits, but it will also ramp up inflation and depress wages as corporations maximize those profits. This is one of those, the economy is flourishing because the markets are rocketing up while the poors are losing their homes.

  • JD Vance says US could veto NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms
  • Maybe not. The Republicans haven't secured the house yet. Several races remain undetermined and the Dems could take it.

    Now. if I were writing this season, I would let the Dems win. Then have Trump and Vance both pass away (Trump: heart, Vance: An accident involving a reclining couch) and with a Dem house we'd end up with President Hakeem Jeffries who could then appoint Kamala Harris as VP again. Every cranium in the nation with a MAGA cap perched on it would simultaneously explode.

  • America will regret its decision to reelect Donald Trump
  • Correct. Slightly more than one third of the population are still celebrating and slightly less than one third are already regretting it. Those are the two thirds who actually voted. The final third haven't actually noticed we had an election yet because they never bother to participate. If any of them pull their heads out of their asses at some point, they will likely regret it too, but I wouldn't put money on it.

  • Self-described Nazi becomes first person jailed in Australia for performing outlawed salute
  • Not how it works. Gestures, like words, have a meaning. Even in the USA, saying certain words in certain ways can get you arrested; harassment, threats, etc. This gesture is meant to convey threat and to harass religious and racial minorities. There is no other reason to make the gesture.

  • Democrats should have listened to Bernie Sanders, historians say
  • I am not saying that they are losing on purpose. I'm saying that they are making decisions about policies and candidates based on fund raising rather than on attracting voters. On purpose or not, they did shoot themselves in the foot by courting disaffected Republican voters. Everyone knew they were not going to win a lot of those voters, but they sure did rake in a lot of dough. I believe that is their primary motivation.

  • Democrats should have listened to Bernie Sanders, historians say
  • It is absolutely clear now. The DNC is a private company whose main function is to fund raise, period. If they also win an election then that's great, but if it comes to a choice between winning and raising money, they will choose raising money. They will never move to the left to win voters if it will cost them fund raising opportunities from the center and right.

  • www.thedailybeast.com Trump AG Hopeful Threatens to Jail Letitia James

    Mike Davis threatened the New York AG, saying: “We will put your fat a-- in prison.”

    Trump AG Hopeful Threatens to Jail Letitia James

    Actual quote (video included in link):

    >“I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term,” he threatened. “Because listen here, sweetheart: We’re not messing around this time, and we will put your fat a-- in prison for conspiracy against rights, and I promise you that.”

    Welcome to the new regime.

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    www.timesnownews.com Donald Trump 'Groped' A Minor At Donor Event? Claims Of Bombshell Video Surface

    Several social media users, including commentators and reporters, on Wednesday claimed that Democrats are allegedly sitting on a 'bombshell' video showing former President Donald Trump 'groping a minor' at a donor event. No official or Republican campaign member has reacted to the claims yet. There ...

    Donald Trump 'Groped' A Minor At Donor Event? Claims Of Bombshell Video Surface

    No video released yet but the right wing blog-sphere is already claiming it's AI. Put on your seat-belts and keep your hands inside the car at all times.

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    Northern Lights from SW Virginia last night(3 sec exposure on phone cam)

    Forgot to include the [OC] in the title.

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    dailyboulder.com ‘Nail It’: Trump Riddled With Mockery After Saying ‘a Criminal is a Criminal And Stays a Criminal’ at Minnesota Rally

    Donald Trump, the first former U.S. president ever convicted on 34 felony counts, faced a torrent of scorn and ridicule after he declared, “A criminal is a criminal, they generally stay a criminal,” during a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota on Saturday.

    ‘Nail It’: Trump Riddled With Mockery After Saying ‘a Criminal is a Criminal And Stays a Criminal’ at Minnesota Rally

    Alternative headline: Trump finally tells the truth about something.

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    Republicans pile on Biden to resign after he quits 2024 race

    Republicans, in one of the more moronic takes of the election season, say that if Biden is too old to run for office, then he's too old to hold the office and should resign.

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    thehill.com Fulton County prosecutors seek emergency protective order after proffer footage surfaces

    Fulton County prosecutors filed an emergency request for a protective order in the Georgia election subversion case on Tuesday after recorded statements made by multiple defendants as part of their…

    Fulton County prosecutors seek emergency protective order after proffer footage surfaces

    Fulton County prosecutors filed an emergency request for a protective order in the Georgia election subversion case on Tuesday after recorded statements made by multiple defendants as part of their plea deals were made public.

    On Monday, ABC News and The Washington Post published footage of the proffer sessions, which showed the four defendants who pleaded guilty being questioned by prosecutors about their involvement in various efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

    Prosecutors said the footage was turned over to the remaining defendants as part of discovery, urging the court to impose restrictions on how the defendants can disclose the materials.

    “The release of these confidential video recordings is clearly intended to intimidate witnesses in this case, subjecting them to harassment and threats prior to trial, constitutes indirect communication about the facts of this case with codefendants and witnesses, and obstructs the administration of justice, in violation of the conditions of release imposed on each defendant,” prosecutors wrote in their motion.

    To prevent further disclosure, prosecutors said they will not provide videos of any proffer sessions to defendants moving forward.

    “Instead, defendants must come to the District Attorney’s Office to view confidential video recordings of proffers. They may take notes, but they will be prohibited from creating any recordings or reproductions,” prosecutors wrote in the filing.

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    Trump breaks yet another law

    www.newsweek.com Donald Trump may have just broken the law

    Trump has come under scrutiny after a gun was auctioned off at a fundraiser held in his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, home.

    Donald Trump may have just broken the law

    Last weekend, an auction held at his Florida home saw the item, described as "a one of a kind Trump Glock from the 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump," go up for bidding during a charity event. Pictures circulating on social media show the gun being presented at the auction, with news website Meidas Touch saying that bidding for the item began at $10,000.

    However, the transaction could land the former U.S. president in considerable trouble, given that federal law prohibits those under indictment from transacting firearms. Trump is embroiled in active legal proceedings, having testified at a civil trial over the New York investigation into financial fraud at the Trump Organization. The former president has denied all wrongdoing and repeatedly said that the ongoing federal and civil cases against him are part of a political witch hunt.

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